pressure build willing building crews rush to put out a house fire in the south bay. in from the pacific. the government shutdown gusty north winds picking up, affecting lesson plans for bay increasing during the day tomorrow, turning slightly offshore on friday. area students she disappeared a quarter that's going to lead to the century ago. big-time warmup as the air from now, bay area investigators higher up gets compressed to reopening the case of amber send down so sea level. schwartz. it means higher fire danger for >> you will want to grab a jacket as you head out. the hill tops, specially for 40s and 50s now, upper 80s for late tomorrow into friday. you will see the temperatures climbing up as you approach the the weekend forecast. in the south bay, we havez weekend and for the start of the new crash. i'll tell you about where it is and how to avoid it coming up. alds. oakland versus the tigers coming >> let's give you a live look at up at 6:47. should see temperatures in the golden gate bridge. 70s as that game gets started and even warmer, perhaps, as we move into the weekend. today, 70s around san jose. you can see the lights bouncing off a little bit of cloudiness. closer to 80 in morgan hill. this is "today in the bay." around livermore and pleasanton, pretty nice day. breezy conditions for the afternoon, 77, dublin, near 70 in san francisco. this is "today in the bay." mid to upper 70s in the north it is 6:00, happy wednesday bay. morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. you can see the temperatures i'm laura garcia-cannon non. across the north bay.

could see mid 80 -80s in the happening now, fire investigators looking into an forecast. warm temperatures for the early morning fire in san jose. weekend as the winds back off. it broke out at a home on saturday is going to feel a lot more like summer. look at the coast. upper 70s to kick off the delmouth avenue. it started in the attic, the weekend. we turn cooler and the sea same area the owner had a prayer breeze comes back early next shrine. week. >> rob, unfortunately, we have he tells us an electric light is what caused the fire. backup here at the crash in sané he heard a faint buzz coming jose, because of the progress from the line moments before. that's being made. they moved one car off to the the homeowner made it out safely folks out of the cars and that and no one was hurt. adds to the distraction. >> i want to give you a live look at the capital out in all lanes are slammed down. washington, d.c. as we enter day they are blocking your fast lane two of the partial government and second lane, northbound 101 shutdown. in mckee. there is the tow truck that just lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, no progress, unable to arrived. hooking up a second of those three cars that were involved in find any kind of compromise to the crash. now, here is the focus point right here. as you are approaching allen bring 800,000 federal employees rock, it is jammed up from tully road. that's where it is consolidated. things are clearer north of 880 on 101, providing a little relief around the airport. back to work. more folks are going to take 280 marla tallez, students are toward 87. really being affected. expect that shift for your early >> the impact vas from commute as we follow this. universities to middle schools.

for instance, today, hundreds of students at santa clara university, they are not getting with crews on scene, we expect what they were promised. this to clear within 20 minutes. today, at that school's annual the rest of the south bay so far fall career fair, 150 prominent moving very smoothly. no problems coming across the bay. employees expected to show up. a little slowing for the east the school says that three popular federal agencies have had to pull out at the very last bay. san lorenzo to hayward. minute. look at the volume of traffic. nasa ames the cdc, the center we are picking up a good flow. northbound tail lights, for disease control, and the southbound tail lights. the north bay, the southbound cia, they have canceled their commute. first, we'll show the bay bridge trips. without the funding, they can't where the metering lights are on. afford it. here is the metering coming off students hoping to rub elbows with these federal agencies are of the berkeley curve. out of luck. take a look at these students in the southbound commute really building. marin county. again, no problems in novato they were supposed to be in the down through san rafael, back to midst of a four-day camping you. >> looks like you better bring a trip. today was supposed to be day two of this educational trip that sweater and some patience. has taken six months to plan for 6:22, coming up as oakland gets 60 fifth and sixth graders and ready for playoff baseball. 20 adults at marin primary and new word of a big-time investor willing to back a new stadium. >> how about a live look from middle school. they showed up yesterday, with our san bruno cam. that is spanning.

their bags packed and they you see the bay bridge out there learned that was for nothing. >> the whole ship is the best par and the food, hiking. glistening. p >> it rippled down to these pre-sunrise. we have reports that the sun will be coming up very, very 11-year-olds that don't understand why their government soon. back on "today in the bay" in a can't get along and make some sense and move forward. matter of minutes. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. >> in all, the national park service says six school groups had to cancel their trip to point reyes because of the shutdown. the school is stuck with enough food to feed 80 for four days. the teachers say they are going to make the best of it and they are going to cook that food at school and take their students on local outdoor adventures. still, making the most of it. jon? >> still sounds good. trying to keep positive. for the latest updates on how this shutdown is affecting everybody, go to nbcbayarea.com. there, you will also find more information on the government services affected. just search government shutdown. 6:03. this morning, the website for covered california is back up and running again. it was shut down late last night or how to find big savings on the things you need.

so it could be reworked. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. yesterday was the first day this week, folgers is $6.88 for the large size. americans, including millions of uninsured californians could that's a lot of coffee. sign up for health insurance skip the warehouse. under the new health care law. charmin is $13.99 for 24 double rolls. many people that visited the website ran into long delays, and lean cuisine entrees are just a buck 99. lots of error messages and a menu that just didn't work. real big deals this week and every week. a spokesman said the website only at safeway. ingredients for life. couldn't handle all the traffic. breaking news in the east bay where a fedex plane just oakland international airport. the radio control tower says that call came in for help at about 4:30 this morning. the pilot of the airbus 330 telling the tower they were experiencing steering problems with that plane. the good news, that plane did land safely, about 30 minutes later. we are also happy to report, nobody was hurt. a san jose after-school teacher facing life in prison [ female announcer ] it balances you... after a jury finds him guilty of

[ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... molesting nine young girls. and it gives you what you are looking for the 27-year-old convicted of to live a more natural life. lewd and lascivious acts on a in a convenient two bar pack. child under 14 years old. they were enrolled at the this is nature valley... daycare program at chase and el delicious granola bars rancho elementary schools. made with the best ingredients in nature. those victims did testify during the trial. nature valley. 6:05, despite a confession nature at its most delicious. in the case, pinole police now reopening a missing person's case in the disappearance of amber schwartz. "today in the bay's" christie smith, live with more details on why investigators are reopening this decades-old case. good morning. good morning to you, laura. this was all started with an online petition. the woman that started it said she was actually the first person that amber schwartz' mom called when she realized her little girl wasn't playing out good wednesday morning. front. she was part of the child care beautiful live look outside. center this woman ran. blue, blue skies. pretty clear. >> mother nature happens to

paint beautiful photos for us every day. pinole police department decided >> lights glistening there in to take a second look at the fraens. a cool start to our morning. case because the petition got feels like october. we'll check the forecast coming about 1,300 signatures in a up in just a little bit. matter of weeks. warmup on the way as well. she was skipping rope in front 6:25. the first of more than 68,000 of her home when she disappeared seats now being installed at the in 1988. she was just seven years old. new 49ers levi stadium. >> next season, filled with in 2009, the fbi and police screaming fans. announced her case was closed we have video of the first rows based on the signed confession being bolted down, nice and of curtis dean anderson who said he took her and killed her in sturdy. a lot of people there. look at that. arizona. but, she was never recovered. enjoying that. the fremont couple, among the anderson was then serving time first season ticket holders to for another child kidnapping out of vallejo. the kidnapping and murder of claim their sfopots. 7-year-old deanna fair child in the season ticket holders, they have been there since 1971 when vallejo as well. he died before he could be the niners played. reinterviewed. that online petition supports these seats are home grown or amber's mom, kim schwartz, who didn't accept that confession. home built, however you want to police say that they hope that look at it. they are made by a company in new tools could help. hayward. the team says, yes, the stadium, >> i'm ecstatic that the chief feeling and looking good has decided to reopen her case continues to be both on budget and on schedule. that is key for their opening, and to relook at nefrg her case. which will start next season. any evidence that we have or kickoff 2014. >> we are going to take you

across the bay to oakland where that they have, i should say, the city is looking to get a new would be processed at this point where it couldn't before. sports and entertainment center. the world's third largest so thank you. the whole conversation has totally taken a change. privately held real estate firm teaming up to invest in that. >> we want to take advantage of >> the investment firm of new technology that's available since the case was originated in rasheed al malik and colony are 1988. there have been significant going to join the team. advances in science. >> reporter: this is an older image of amber with an age progression image of what she in an effort to keep the city's fourth team from relocating. might look like today that was the city council must approve the new investors coming on done by the national center of board. missing an exploited children. police hoping this might jog someone's memory and confirm let's go, oakland! that confession made by curtis dean anderson. >> that is playoff fever in full reporting live in pinole, christie smith, "today in the effect. this month will be called bay." >> soon, we will find out if a veteran firefighter will be facing charges for running over and killing a survivor of the oaktober. major jean quan on hand to honor the a's for a great season. asiana airlines crash. a's out there. the d.a.'s office making a decision within the next two the mascot, stomper, out to get the crowd stomping their feet

weeks. firefighter, elise duckette, ran and pumping up the playoffs. over a 16-year-old chinese a's taking on the detroit student pictured here in the red tigers. this series fires up friday night. that will be at the coliseum. glasses. ye had been rescued from the new this morning, speaking burning jet. of é@oakland, oakland city hal she was laying covered in bathed in the spirit. fire-fighting foam on the tarmac hopefully, you can see some ott the san francisco international airport. lights. the oakland a's colors from now until the end of the month in two others also died during that july crash. the a's playoff run. it will be lit up, green and good news at cal this morning. all classes will resume gold. when you are true to your team, following monday night's the team is true to you. explosion on campus. it is 6:27. still ahead. 100 classes were canceled >> a stalemate showing no signs yesterday because the power was out to 11 buildings. of easing on capitol hill. the school confirms the we'll have the very latest from generator explosion was related washington, d.c. in a live report.y,+ to a copper wire threat. this is the generator that exploded. crews actually pulled it out of the ground late yesterday afternoon and last night, they actually finished installing temporary generators to restore power to some of the buildings that were still left in the dark. >> quite the scene. >> back to school, kids. get that degree and make a difference. >> speaking of making a difference, we're seeing all sorts of weather this week.

rob mayeda is in for christina loren talking about a nice forecast. >> we are not seeing any gusty winds being a problem today. that's going to change as we head into friday and saturday. 40s and 50s outside. you want a jacket this morning and notice we really don't have much of a strong sea breeze today. we are going to see northwest winds picking up for the afternoon. not the type of xlouclouds that going to give us rain. it makes for a gorgeous sunrise around the bay area coming up in the next hour or so. mostly sunny, mostly clear skies into the afternoon. a few more high clouds coming in. mid-70s today, san& jose. close to 70 in san francisco. upper 70s to near 80 inland for today. tomorrow, temperatures looking a little bit cooler as the winds pick up. as the winds turn quite gusty in the hills, we'll see temperatures climb a little bit friday and a little bit more as we head toward saturday. mike? >> we are starting in san jose

at the point of congestion. we see three vehicles in the center of the screen as they are partially blocked by trucks as they go by. that has to be a really scary situation. these folks are all out of their cars. these three cars crashed north 101. that's where we see the first slowing. that's what caused it coming off of 680. as we look at that, we're still waiting for a tow truck and chp to arrive on scene. we see it with our camera and our krcensors. center screen, south 880 toward 280, a little slowing as you pass over stevens creek boulevard. earlier construction, likely a factor there. the rest of the traffic flows nicely. we have your typical build through the tri-valley and over republicans and democrats here, 84 through livermore. blaming each other for the shutdown. we'll let you know what lawmakers are trying to do to get some services back. no surprises at the san mateo or destructive devices, arrest after a bomb scare shuts down an the bay bridge which has the airport in florida. metering light and backups.

i'll show you the view of that coming up later. let's take you out to new >> thanks so much. york and the nasdaq. 6:10 right now. i like how they get the music coming up, b.a.r.t. union less than ten days away from being going, the excitement. able to strike. they do confetti as they are firing it up. we'll let you know how firing up this day on wednesday, october 2nd. sacramento lawmakers are getting it is "today in the bay." thank you very much for joining us. ready to step in. apple's supposed spaceship campus getting mixed reviews. residents biggest concerns and we're not talking about the apparently, the fans in looks. nasdaq were watching. this he knew right when to wave to us and say, hey, let's get this party started. 6:30, right now. good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. not a lot of people are fans in washington today. another day on capitol hill. another day of partial government shutdown. it is not looking like it will end any time soon. later this morning, republicans will try again to reopen limited parts of the government. the democrats and the president say it is all or nothing. "today in the bay's" tracie potts, live in washington, d.c., with a back and forth and how it is affecting everyone. good morning. >> hey, laura, good morning,

everyone. there is a vote. a series of votes. we expect to happen in the house when they get into session later today. they are trying to reopen specific parts of the government, some veteran services, national parks and museums and the city of washington, d.c. which is not on shutdown but they want to restore the funding before it runs out. they tried it last night, could not get a two-thirds majority. so it is coming back today with different rules where republicans will try to get a simple majority and move that forward but the white house threatened to veto and democrats are protesting saying you don't give some people their paychecks back and others not. they want an all or nothing. this is likely to go nowhere as this shutdown continues. laura? >> all right. we will weight and we will watch. thank you, tracy. >> like it or not. >> we've just learned two arrests have been made in connection to the suspicious packages found at florida's jacksonville international airport. police there not releasing any other information at this hour.

authorities say one of the two suspicious devices had a destructive nature but they are not saying much more beyond that. the airport was evacuated for nearly five hours and flights there were not allowed to take off while a bomb squad went in there and brought in the secure devices, actually had to figure out exactly what was going on. they were found in the airport terminal and a nearby parking garage. here is something you don't see every day. that's probably a good thing. a guy trying to sell his plane was forced to make an emergency landing right on a florida highway. the pilot was doing an inspection flight with a customer who was all set to buy the vintage plane when they suddenly lost power. since they were too far from the airport, the pilot made a move and decided to land on the highway. good news. a short time later, the plane was able to safely take off from governor jerry brown signing a law making it illegal for that very highway. >> here is some good news for people to post naked pictures of you. three young cats rescued from a their exes after a bitter burning home in florida. when tampa firefighters arrived, breakup. $6,000 and jail.

democrats refuse to support smoke was pouring from both republican efforts to defund the health care law in an emergency floors and the roof. spending bill. they foundt it out. 800,000 federal employees are the feline is named luna, bonny being fur load. right now, we have a and leo, all making a full different kind of shutdown to tell you about. recovery. in just nine days, that cooling you see them there he have sooing oxygen from their off period for b.a.r.t. and its unions comes to an end, meaning rescuers. the boa and cats were all returned to their own ner. workers could soon be walking off the job all over again. >> always love a happyhwñ endin. >> i'm wondering if the boa lawmakers are looking to try and constrictor got that oxygen. stop that from happening. bob redell is live at the 6:33. rob mayetta in for christina fremont b.a.r.t. station. he has the latest details there. bob, good morning. loren. good morning. off to a pretty nice start. we are fog free. >> reporter: if b.a.r.t. and the we do have some high clouds out unions cannot come to agreement there. once the sun rises, this is on a new contract by october going to cast a beautiful orange 10th, that's when the 60-day glo across the bay area. high clouds out now. cooling-off period ends, the temperatures still feeling quite next day, october 11th, workers low in napa. could go on strike shutting down 46 this morning. one of the country's largest 55 in san francisco. not much wind now. mass transit systems. that's going to change as we republicans in the senate and is head into later tomorrow and assembly are pushing for a bill friday. you did see the high clouds from called sb-423. the view across the bay.

the high clouds dropping to the this would force b.a.r.t. north bay of san francisco for workers to honor the no-strike now. these will move off to the east clause in their current contract as we head into the afternoon. and stay on the job while negotiations continue. behind this weather departing in a letter to the chronicle, system, we are going to see the winds increase. senate republican leader are clearing skies. the high clouds move on. a few more as we head towards urging jerry brown to call for the evening. temperatures today, pretty an emergency legislative session comfortable. we should see numbers in the to pass sb-423 to enforce that 70s, bay areawide. mid-70s in san jose and oakland. no-strike provision. >> i don't think that's fair. upper 70s to near 80 in if they are not getting their livermore. we are going to turn windy proper pay or whatever they tomorrow and warmer, friday and might need, they should strike to make a point and get what they need. i think the strike is okay but i saturday. gusty winds in the hills. think they are going to come >> we have great news. through with a plan. xkm=uq!áñ commute.icking off the i think somebody is going to settle something and it is going right now, you see these tow to be way before these eight days are up. i think so. trucks over on the shoulder, top of the screen. they got their very quickly. made very quick work of it. i saw them clean up a fuel >> reporter: governor brown did spill. force b.a.r.t. and the union to they are all off to the shoulder. all lanes, north 101, just a 60-day cooling-off period. cleared in the last few minutes. both sides have been meeting. thank goodness we have this according to one published camera. we got the update by seeing it reports, the union did offer rather than hearing it. management a new proposal we will look at the censors

through the south bay. yesterday. they hope to receive a response we are seeing the build through the northbound routes. sometime later today. 101 is the big focus. that has not been released. it's jammed starting around bob redell, "today in the capital expressway towar tully. bay." the new apple campus, some might want to bail out and nicknamed the spaceship, is hoping for a smooth landing when use 280 north to 87. construction begins soon. that will get you out of some of apple's new headquarters may be hitting minor turbulence along the congestion. it will start to recover pretty the way as neighbors worry about quickly. typical slowing for west 580 at traffic. the new headquarters would be located near interstate 280 and the wolf street exit on land the top. live look at oakland. once owned by the we'll show you what things are like. southbound, even volume. speaking of, let's get a look at the foster city side. the head lights coming off the hewlett-packard. it will be 2.8 million, high rise. four-story, saucer-shaped building. no delays. a smooth, heavier drive now. patrick roberts home next door, with more than 14,000 employees expected to work here, he wonders what traffic is going to be like. prune ridge avenue already has 101, congestion at 92. heavy traffic during peek hours. >> getting in and out of our the peninsula is clear. driveway is a challenge. we'll send it back to you. good news there. we don't want it to get any worse. 6:36. new this morning, big changes coming to a popular bay area beach the crews now starting to i don't know. in i hope it doesn't.

there is part of me that says it will. of sand to robert crown memorial >> apple and cupertino city officials held a public meeting discussing the environmental impact story.y9óñ beach in alameda. the $5 million project will restore the beach to what it was 26 years ago. storms and a rise in sea level have changed the landscape since every neighbor that got up and then and that work is expected spoke seemed to be supportive of to be done by november. the project. they sapple's ideas to use shuttle buses will alleviate any how is that for a weekup traffic issues. call. can you hear me now? you are not dwg to sleep through drivers under the influence, not talking about alcohol but drugs from prescriptions to that. that will happen in pacifica, a illegal narcotics impairing those behind the wheel causing accidents that aren't resulting in dui convictions. siren test, and half moon bay. officers say drugs can affect today's run will last a total of three minutes. your ability to drive but strike up the band. identifying what kind and the san mateo county officials, sorry about that, folks. san mateo county officials say they are checking to see how far the sound can be heard all along level of impairment is the coastline. challenging. that tsunami test, if you want some police departments are training officers as drug

recognition experts to identify and get the dangers off the road. >> when there was the drug issue your ear plugs ready, that will that was brought up, it was, this wasn't an accident. this could have been prevented. it's such a risk to do that and start at 10:00 this morning. then go out on the road. >> it's hard, because it is important news. >> that will get your attention. >> 6:37 right now. still ahead, international and rip family's apart. inspectors in syria this morning. what we just learned about their >> tonight at 11:00, our investigative unit has a powerful video that tells a story of a young mother hit by a mission and when they expect to get rid of the country's drugged driver and left caught chemical weapons. >> let's take you back outside for a spectacular look from the in the balance between life and death. south bay. her story and more on how law i love this time of the day, enforcement and district right around 6:30. attorneys are working together to try to get drugged drivers off the road. whether you g when you get the sun taking over the mountains. a gorgeous shot to invigorate your day. 6:38. back in a minute. and, if you happen to have a tip for an investigative unit, give us a call, 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. want to check in with meteorologist, rob mayeda, in for christina. a look at our forecast and the temperatures right now. >> the forecast shows cool temperatures for the morning. 46 degrees in napa. that's going to get your

attention as you step outside. chilly in the north bay, 53, san jose. 55, san francisco. not much wind for today until later on this afternoon. northwest winds picking up. late tomorrow and friday, gusty winds in the hills that can turn these numbers as high as 45 miles per hour in some of those hilltops in the north bay and east bay by early friday morning. right now, high clouds going by this morning. we may start off the day with mostly cloudy conditions. those are the high clouds instead of the fog and mist that we're used to. as we transition thursday into friday, we're going to see high

at 6:40, violence in iraq. the worst it has been since 2008. the u.n. mission says 979 people died last month, most of which were civilians caught in the violence by al qaeda-led insurgents. intentions between the sunnis and shiites that nearly pushed that country to civil war in 2006, appeared to have been rekindled. inspectors from the chemical weapons watch dogs and the united nations arriving

yesterday. their mission was just approved by a fluch by a u.n. security resolution. it is 6:41. coming up, the government shutdown impacting bay area students. we're going to show you how. plus, from closed to reopened, why investigators are taking another close look at a high-profile missing child case right here in the bay area. >> a gorgeous start at the morning. some high clouds out there this morning and some high wind gusts in our seven-day forecast. have a look at that. we come right back. the continued recovery after this, a three-vehicle crash cleared the two lanes it was blocking. it was 101 at mckee in san jose. we'll show you the backup as it continues to build and sort of spread out throughout the south bay coming up.pú

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investigators looking into the cause of an early morning house fire. it broke out at a home on delmas avenue, near the 280/87 interchange. the fire started in the attic where the owner had a prayer shrine set up with8(ñ candles. he thinks an electrical light caused this fire. we are happy to report nobody was hurt. 6:45. a live look at capitol hill as we enter our second day of the government under a partial shutdown. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle unable to find a compromise to bring 800,000 federal employees back to work. not just grown-ups that are feeling the washington gridlock. the younger generations are as

well. "today in the bay's" marla tallez live in our newsroom with how students are being impacted. >> reporter: let's start with the fact that the national park service says six school groups have canceled their field trip to point reyes national seashore this week. all national parks have been forced to close. this means this group of 60 fifth and sixth;dx graders. parents and teachers spent months planning. the students showed up with their bags packed only to be told this trip is a no-go. >> i was sad. i really liked the trip last year. i wanted to go again this year as sixth graders, because we get to cook more. >> i was infuriated. it was so frustrating that our government can't do its job. that's sort of the feeling i had. >> there is also the situation that santa clara university is dealing with today, this

afternoon. it is that school's annual fall career fair. a few popular employers are not able to make it. without funding, they just can't afford to. nasa ames in mountain view, the cdc, which is the centers for disease control, and the cia, have just canceled their trip to santa clara. students hoping the network with these heavy hitters are going to have to find another way. i can tell you, you cannot logon to most federal agency websites, nasa ames, the cdc. you will get a message that says, without funding, this website is not available. jon? >> thank you for that update and for the latest updates on the shutdown. all you have to do is go o tower website at nbcbay area.com and there you will find more information on the government services affected. simply search government shutdown. time now to check the forecast. meteorologist, rob mayeda in for christina this morning. the sun is up. >> it is, quite nice.

looking out across the bay. no low clouds. just a few high clouds crossing the bay area. a gorgeous orange and pink sunrise across the bay area. it will be a pretty view. i don't know if it will top what they saw in minnesota last night. t the aurora borealis in fulldy play down across the upper midwest. if you look closely, you can see the time lapse of the beautiful colors. as those high energy particles hit oxygen atoms, they glow green and hit nitrogen atoms, they glow red. that is something you can see every once in a while in minneapolis and western washington, saw a little bit of that as well last night. wild view there. the only green we're seeing around the bay area is on the weather map this morning. as you can see right now, we have 40s and 50s outside. not much wind this morning. over the next couple of mornings, that's going to change as gusty winds pick up.

high pressure building in. high clouds passing by. no rain with the clouds. it will filter the sun at times today. we're going to go from a mild and cool pattern. one that's going to be warmer and quite gusty in the hill tops. thursday and friday. stay tuned for some red flag warnings. temperatures really climbing up as we get into the weekend with highs in the 80s across most of the bay area. today, mostly 70s around the bay area. mid-70s around oakland, near 70 in san francisco. mid-70s into the north bay. as the winds start to accelerate, we are going to dry out the hills. our temperatures are going to rewind us back into summer by saturday. upper 80s inland. 70s and 80s out near the beaches to start the weekend. mike? >> how do i follow those northern light? we'll show you some green on the maps. we do have these orange sensors.

87 coming into downtown. here is the big slowdown, though. north 101, slow all the way up from monterrey highway and all the way up toward the earlier crash scene. let me show you that. maybe i can show you these flashing lights. they are over on the shoulder. all cleared north 101 at mckee allen rock. that's much better news. we still have the slowing for the south bay. with he get back into the maps. it extends all the way back up. that makes things a little bit better north of here toward san jose8"t international airport. a little treat for folks on 101. a smooth drive through the dublin interchange. typical slowing, south 880 out of hayward, down in toward fremont and union city. the bay bridge is predictable. the eastshore freeway with the build. a live look outside. we'll show you that palo alto has a nice, steady flow of

traffic. a little bit of slowing getting closer toward martial. there may be something going on. there you see it. i'm tracking your peninsula drive for 101 through palo alto. it is 6:50. police in pinole have reopened the missing person's case surrounding amber schwartz, the 8-year-old that disappeared while jumping rope in her front yard in 1988. christie smith, live in her hometown with reaction from her mother. why the fbi is now getting involved as well. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: well, her mother is very pleased with this turn of events. this started with an online petition from family frentiends reopen the case, even though the fbi had a signed confession from a man that says he killed amber. she was never found. police decided to reopen the case and take another look. amber schwartz was just seven years old when she disappeared from in front of her pinole home

in 1988 where she had been skipping rope. hers is a case that really haunted this city. it went unsolved for so long, until 2009, when police and the fbi announced the case was closed. convicted child ubçkiller, curt dean anderson, made a signed confession that he kidnapped schwartz and killed her in arizona. she was never recovered. he died before police could conduct a second interview. the petition was started by a family friend that urged police to look again. police say they now have access to new tools and technology. they can use the fbi crime lab for anything they find. amber's mom, kim schwartz, and others, didn't accept that confession. there was no physical evidence to support it, they say. >> i am ecstatic that the chief has decided to reopen her case and to relook at everything in her case. any evidence that we have or that they have, i should say, would be processed at this point where it couldn't before.

so thank you. the whole conversation has totally taken a change. >> this is an older image of amber plus an age progression image of what she might look like today made by the national center of missing and exploited children. hoping this might jog someone's memory of what happened. perhaps they can at least confirm a curtis dean anderson confession. reporting sm;live, christie sm "today in the bay." 7rñ jose after a jury finds him guilty of molesting nine young girls. yesterday, 27-year-old keith wood house was convicted on 30 counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 years old. the abused girls were enrolled in daycare programs at trace and el rancho elementary schools. those victims did testify against woodhouse during this trial. the mother of an

eight-year-old killed during a sleepover says she is relieved and happy police have made an arrest in her daughter's murder case. they arrested an alleged gang member, darnell williams, on a crime spree on july 17th, when he went to a who is seeking vee revenge. he started shooting into the house killing alicia. she was not thentended target. the gun fire hit two other kids and a grandmother. they survived. we will soon find out if a veteran firefighter will be facing charges for running over an killing a survivor of the asiana airlines crash. the san mateo county d.a. office will make a decision on the case within the next two weeks. the firefighter, elise duckett, ran over a 16-year-old chinese student. that teen is pictured in the red glasses. she had been rescued from that burning jet and was laying covered in fire fighting foam

out on that tarmac at the san francisco international airport. that's when that accident happened. two others also died in the july crash. 6:54. this morning, support is growing for an online petition to change a law that allowed a man to beat to death a brentwood family's two dogs. ellen barkley's rottweiler and german shepherd escaped from her backyard while she was out of town. she later discovered a neighbor admitted to killing the dogs. he found them in his chicken coop covered in blood. when he tried getting them out, they charged and he used a shovel to kill them. it is legal to kill an animal if it threatens livestock or poultry. >> the dog owners are outraged. >> my purpose in all of this is to raise public awareness, first of all, that this type of evil is here in brentwood and to also change this perception of this law or the law itself.

>> the man who killed the dog says they killed more than 40 of his chickens and turkeys. well, help is on the way this morning, trying to prevent another b.a.r.t. strike. two lawmakers have come up with a solution they say could keep b.a.r.t. trains running. we are also learning there may be a new proposal on the table. "today in the bay's" bob redell, live in fremont. he has more on the solution along with what union leaders and b.a.r.t. riders now have to say about this looming strike. bob, good morning. good morning. according to one published report, the b.a.r.t. union has offered management a new proposal. they made this offer yesterday. they have yet to hear back from management. they hope to hear back today. no details on what might be in that proposal. lawmakers in sacramento, are hoping it doesn't come to another strike. if it does, some of them are doing everything in their power to stop it. republicans in both the senate and assembly are pushing for a bill called sb-423, that would force b.a.r.t. workers to honor the no-strike clause and stay on

the job while negotiations continue. in a letter to the chronicle, senate republican leader and republican senate woman are urging governor jerry brown to call for an emergency legislative session to pass this bill and enforce that no-strike provision in the contract. we spoke with one rider who would not be on boar for this bill, even though it would be in his best interest as a commuter. >> i think they should be able to go on strike. i don't think they should go to courts and say that they have to stay at work. that's the whole thing about being in the union, is having a voice and trying to push some of these larger companies into gives us goodiñ wages, giving u good medical benefits, safety, all those kind of things. >> i think they'll come up with a plan. i really do. it is a struggle hearing it back and forth on the news. i really think, if they've been bought, they are going to come through. the union, they are going to make it p ha. it is going to work. >> reporter: governor brown did

force b.a.r.t. and the union into a 60-day cooling off period. that expires in eight days. if both sides can't agree on a new contract by october 10th, the next day, october 11th, workers could go on strike shutting down one of the country's largest mass transit systems. bob redell, "today in the bay." it is 6:57. disgraced santa clara county supervisor, george shirakawa jr., who resigned from office, after admitting he abused public funds. he blamed his bad behavior on depression and a gambling addiction. he faces up to a year in jail let's get a final check on the weather. christina loren is off. rob mayeda is in checking things out for us off to a chilly start. 40s and 50s for now. by afternoon, mostly t-shirt weather around the bay area.

mid-70s inland. mid-70s in san jose. tomorrow, not much change temperaturewise. the winds will pick up and our temperatures will climb friday into the beginning of the weekend. >> the south bay struggling to recover. i just watched the tow truck. this backup from basically 85, itq has to clear and smooth out. also, moving over toward 85, 87 and 280. no problems along the peninsula. we see a8 good volume of traffi. heavier volume, speeds coming down. let's give you one final check of the day's top stories. an electrical wire in the attic being blamed for an early morning house fire. this happened in san jose. the homeowner heard a faint buzz coming from the line right before flames broke out. nobody was hurt. that fire was quickly put out and contained at the home. >> a live look at oakland

international where a fedex cargo plane had to make an emergency landing. theiv pilot reported steering problems. >> it will be very loud. brace yourself. in a few hours from now, a three-minute long tsunami drill taking place in pacifica and half moon bay will start at 10:00 this morning. san mateo county officials want to take some time to check out how far the sound can be heard all along the coastline. >> we spared you the sound this morning. >> necessary what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a local news update in half an hour. have a great one! good morning, destructive, that's what police are calling one of two suspicious packages that forced the evacuation of a florida airport overnight. an fbi investigation now we're there live. the blame game, millions of americans voicing their anger over the government shutdown as

both parties and the president point fingers. so who will blink first? and mia's story. mia farrow speaks candidly to vanity fair on woody allen, scandals in their marriage and questions as to whether frank sinatra could be their son aus real father. today, october 2nd, 2013.